“What might God say to a Christian who CONTINUES TO WILLFULLY rape and commit adultery (and a bunch of other bad stuff)?”
If the person is saved, the act of grieving the Holy Spirit will be present and strong until the relationship with God is repaired. Sanctification is an ongoing process that changes the life, heart and mind of every child of God. Yes, some quicker than others.
What about Christians who willfully sin by telling little lies all the time? Does that bother you nearly as much?
I don’t happen to believe that Christians are incapable of committing atrocious sins because I can think of a million different scenarios in which it could happen. What can I say? It’s been a hard life which is probably the exact opposite of yours. Do you think God is wrong for forgiving them?
I’ve had people confess sins to me while beating themselves with their fists and tears streaming down their faces, asking, “WHY? Why? Why do I always mess up like this? Am I even saved?”
Been there and done that myself a million times over and so I personally know their pain. I’ve also questioned my own salvation at times which was probably the most painful of all.
My answer to them: “If you weren’t saved it wouldn’t bother you at all. You did all that on a regular basis before you were saved and it didn’t mean a thing to you, did it? No. It was your normal life and you didn’t care at all about what God might’ve thought of your actions. You have to accept that you will mess up and that you will not be perfected here on earth. That comes later.”
The attraction to former sins falls off in time, and I trust that God knows what He’s doing.
We try to always walk in the Spirit, but we sometimes find ourselves obeying the flesh.
What about Christians who willfully sin by telling little lies all the time? Does that bother you nearly as much?
Sin is sin. You said it yourself.
You have to accept that you will mess up and that you will not be perfected here on earth. That comes later.”
Everything you said in your post seems sincere. I would say just consider this:
Rev 21:
27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.